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PepsiCo President Zein Abdalla, widely viewed as a potential successor to CEO Indra Nooyi, is leaving the snack and beverage giant.
Mexico abruptly withdrew a $3.7 billion contract to build a bullet train that was awarded earlier this week to a Chinese-led consortium, the country’s transport minister said.
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British Airways-parent International Consolidated Airlines has given its clearest signal yet that it will start paying a dividend from next year as management stuck to a bullish profit outlook for 2015.
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Richemont reported a nearly 24% slide in profit during the first six months of its financial year with earnings knocked lower by weaker demand for luxury goods in China and other markets as well as by currency-hedging losses.
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Puma said third-quarter profit declined as the German sporting-goods maker continued to invest heavily in marketing new products, but the company raised its sales outlook.
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Steel titan ArcelorMittal reported its second consecutive quarterly profit, as a broadly stronger performance from its steel business more than offset the negative impact of a falling iron ore price on its mining business.
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Renewed weakness in the yen gave Japanese corporate profits a strong lift in the July-September quarter, prompting many to upgrade their outlooks for the full financial year.
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The pay-TV industry contracted in the third quarter at a faster pace than a year earlier, signaling that “cord cutting” is picking up pace as more consumers drop cable and satellite-TV connections.
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Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that Google’s contractor halted the ‘mysterious’ barge projects after the Coast Guard repeatedly raised fire-safety concerns.
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CEO Robert Iger said Disney is ‘well-positioned,’ if the market demands a move to a la carte cable programming. But he said too quick a shift could imperil the industry’s business model.
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Not all of Germany is distressed about the strike crippling traffic on the nation's railroads. In a cheeky move, German car rental company Sixt on Thursday named Claus Weselsky, the head of the union behind the rail driver's strike, its employee of the month.
A new DirecTV ad campaign starring actor Rob Lowe and his weird alter egos has gotten people talking, even landing the pay-TV provider inhot waterwith a shy bladder advocacy group.
As Sanofi’s chairman prepares to meet with investors in the wake of the CEO’s dismissal, one key question will be how it plans to rejuvenate its diabetes franchise, says Pharmalot columnist Ed Silverman.
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Telecom Italia, Italy’s largest telecoms operator, said third-quarter net profit fell more than 12% as Italy’s weak domestic market took its toll on revenue.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reported sharply lower profits but still earned enough for a combined $6.8 billion payment to the U.S. Treasury, as the mortgage-finance companies also cited the potential for a thaw in home-loan access.
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Momentum is growing to narrow a gap between laws that oversee sports agents and financial advisers who approach college athletes.
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Deutsche Bahn said it will appeal a court decision permitting the longest strike in its history to continue, after a court rejected the German rail operator’s attempt to block the ongoing five-day industrial action.
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Third-quarter results at big U.S. media companies are pointing to an ominous trend: The television ad market is on shaky ground—especially in cable.
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Standard Chartered Chairman John Peace said the bank is too bureaucratic and has been slow to adapt to changes in the industry, even as he sought to convince top managers that the company’s recent stumbles are far from fatal.
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Whole Foods Market Inc. says expanding its business beyond the brick-and-mortar store is beginning to show some payoff. CIO Jason Buechel says the grocery chain’s technology initiatives, including its implementation of Instacart and a focus on data analytics, will be key drivers of future success.
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State tax revenues fell during the second quarter as personal income tax collections dipped. The overall tax revenue drop was the first annual decline since 2009, according to a report by the State University of New York.
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Authorities arrested and charged a man for allegedly starting an imitation version of the Silk Road website.
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